conflict coming from our graves

if the rain were to fall 
and the sky were to bubble in clouds
would you return to me
would you clean the wounds of my life
and sacrifice some of your soul for my own

what is it in this world
that hardens our hearts and strangles love
we have died every day among the beauty 
yet, we are drawn to the ugliness of sin
to willingly burn in the candle's flame

if i had lived pure
would you give in and carry
me to places i've only dreamed of
caress me as a child and
love me as a lover from your past

bring forth the packets of pain, gather among us 
in a reunion of regret, in a sea of solitudes
as the rain begins to fall from the bubbling clouds
washing the dust from our spirits as we rise
forever and forever free


C2023 Thomas Lee Rhymes - April 21, 2023
Copyright © | Year Posted 2024

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